Search results for "Folk music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Dolly Rebecca Parton (January 19, 1946 - ) is an American country ... in 1999, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of fame. In 2005, Parton ...20 KB (3,029 words) - 16:37, 29 January 2024
- the sublimity of nature. It elevated folk art, language, and custom ... elements, such as the growing use of folk music, which are more directly ...25 KB (3,676 words) - 17:16, 20 May 2024
- of modernism and his work in Brazilian folk music, and read his "Extremely ... theory of the social dimensions of folk music, which is at once nationalistic ...29 KB (4,379 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
- The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ... with "the Blues." A type of folk music predominant among African ...28 KB (4,373 words) - 05:13, 25 June 2024
- As tempo is identified as the basic pace or movement of the music ... metronome to indicate specific tempi in his music. Prior to that time tempo ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- particular significance in the history of music, in that he was a composer ... the West for his "other" life in music. As a boy in Vilnius he received ...25 KB (3,264 words) - 00:07, 4 December 2023
- family; his father, Hans Klee, was a German music teacher at the Hofwil Teacher ... art; the connection between visual art and music; the spiritual and symbolic ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- to find such virtues in ancient German folk songs and Norse poetry and ... a juridico-political state with that of the folk-nation as organic in its historical ...18 KB (2,775 words) - 14:41, 1 August 2022
- a hard-edged guitar sound. Known for his music's powerful, rumba-like ... often witty and humorous adaptations of folk music themes. The song "Bo ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- Kathakali has its origins almost 1500 years ago in the early ritual ... several outside elements from the folk and martial arts of Kerala ...22 KB (3,203 words) - 19:53, 4 June 2024
- "traditional music" and "folk music" are often used interchangeably ... The majority of sub-Saharan African folk music and traditional music is ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- respected and influential American country music singers and guitarists. Although ... out of high school to pursue a career in music. During his time as a DJ ...14 KB (2,237 words) - 23:21, 3 May 2023
- musical language is imbued with national folk music and rhythms as well as ... My Fatherland also incorporates Czech folk music. The first four poems are ...28 KB (4,344 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- from classical or art music and from folk music. The term does not refer specifically to a single genre or sound, and its meaning is different ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- in 1966 and was a staff writer at the Nina Music branch of Elektra Records ... of three, and in his teens began singing folk music at local venues. After ...19 KB (2,645 words) - 09:05, 13 March 2024
- a theoretical work entitled Poetics of Music in which he famously claimed ... who collected and augmented their native folk music and used these themes in ...32 KB (4,790 words) - 16:04, 12 February 2024
- the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. His piano, chamber music ... Jazz, Asian music, and traditional folk music from across Europe. Ravel ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 00:46, 9 November 2022
- 15, 2008. was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years ... Holst often looked to English folk music for inspiration but was also ...22 KB (3,368 words) - 21:36, 21 June 2024
- However, top session musicians are well known within the music industry ... and solos. In many traditional and folk music styles, performers are ...21 KB (3,114 words) - 14:58, 19 September 2023
- Hindustani Classical Music is a North Indian classical music tradition ... The forms of Hindustani classical music were designed primarily for ...31 KB (4,635 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
